Hey all, I just started playing PoP:WW the other day. I played through and loved PoP:SoT. Great game. While I am willing to look past all of the common complaints about WW that people throw out there, there is one thing that's killing me.

I suck at combat.

You have to be precise with your button presses to make combat go smoothly and I am a'mashing in this one. How did you all learn to fight? I fing that I am just blocking then attacking. It's not free flowing, it's not smooth, and it's not fun. What did you all do? Two weaps? Or one hand for grabs? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I find two weapons to be the most effecient. The two-weapon combo that results in a spin attack is very effective for taking on groups of enemies.

Also, special attacks are almost always way more effective than just regular slashing. Even something as simple as bounding off an enemy, landing behind them, and slashing them will usually deal much more damange than just a block and slash.

Most enemies will have one or two specific techniques that are most effective and once you learn to that most combat encounters can be over very quickly.

1) Throwing weapons at enemies is also very good (B Button). The can be hard to hit but its a quick way to dispatch many enemies early in the game and there are plenty of other weapons lying about to replace it with.

2) Be sure and read the Combat hints as they appear. For the first part of the game the hints are usually an effective combo for dealing with the enemy that you are currently fighting.